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it that ye will not take advantage of these improvements , and give to the English leader a translation worthy of the original ? Be assured that this will bean object of contention worthy of yourselves , namely , to strive not merely to increase . your influence by distributing books , but to shew yourselves worthy of the Christian name , by making those books as perfert as in your power There is no want of learning in the sect
established , and we know no man better qualified than Dr . Marsh to co operate with other members of the two Universities , whom we could easily point out . in giving to the public a translation of the scriptures , that should do honour to the increased scriptural learning now in this country . —Dr . Marsh , in his Letter , continues in his usual strain of error , n connecting : his sect with the state , and
lamenting , " that religious discussioh is , in consequence of our mixed constitution , closely connected with political discussion . Religious dissention , " he tells us , * ' becomes , in this country , a political evil , " We can tell him of a country , where no religious dissention was allowed ; and every one , who knows
any thing of the state of Spain , must see , that religious dissention is a blessing , compared with that peace which the tortures of the Inquisition gave to the sect established in that unhappy country . So far from religious dissention being the political evil that the doctor esteems it to be , we believe that there would not be the least harm whatever in it , but
rather much good , if the state gave no preference to either of the contending parties . We will never allow this false position of Dr . Mar ^ h to pass current . It may do very well for the phlegm of the literati of Germany , who look upon the scriptures as an object of mere criticism , like Virgil or Horace , who bow to the religion of the state , whatever it
rnay be , and who would , if they had lived in £ he time of Christ and the Apostles , have considered them as a set of pestilent and seditious fellows , fit only for the coercion of the magistrate . In this' island , owing to religious dissention , there are many , praised be God ! who more highly estimate sacred truths , and who look
upon them as intended not merely to enlighten the mind , but to purify the heart- ' —The Institution tor Education , forrficd by several member ^ of the esta - blished sect , has received great encouragement in the two Universities , and
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elsewhere ; and the * mouttt of the subscriptions to it has been very considerable . The committee for its management has advertised an account of some meeting in which the majority present were bi hops , and the number of persons not in orders was very small . They elected
a secretary , and passed resolutions of busness the chief of which is the ^ estat ' lithment of corresponding societies in different parts of the kingdom . This latter measure is not only useful , but absolutely necessary , since , as the children are to be * educated in the doctr nes of the established sect , there should be
some meth ) d by which it may be ascertained that no other doctrines are taught . Th's will be secured by a constant correspondence between the primary and ihe minor committees : and as in the primary committee is a number of
bishops a sufficient degree of attention is paid to this part of the Institution . In a very populous place a meeting has been held , in which the in ^ t tutioo has been approved of . At Manchester it has been , resolved to found schools on Dr Bell ' s
plan , and to concur in ihe views of the institution . We trust that there is in that place a school on the Lancastrian plan , that the experiment may be fairly made , where are so many good judges of the subject under controversy At the same time , our friends will not be inattentive to this interesting topic , but
endeavour to apply the merits of either system to the education of their own children —When the judgments of God arc on the earth , the people learn righteousness" ; they are led to examine more diligently their ways . The education of the loysrtr classes is of great importance ; but , in the present state of our country ,
there is a very large class of the community to whom a sense of religion is peculiarly necessary . This is the army ' What an awful image docs military array , without any principle , hold out to trie world ! Every attempt to instil religion among military men is praiseworthy , and we read with satisfaction the circular of the Duke of York on the
appointment of Chaplains , with an improvement of rank and increase of duty , notwithstanding the allusion in it to the increase of sectalies , who are not of the established sect . [ M . Repos . Vol . vi . p . 735- ] When we recollect , however , the number of Roman Catholics , Methodists , Dissenters , and members # f the Scotch sects in the army , we caooot but think *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1812, page 60, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1744/page/60/
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